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A subculture of street protest survives beyond Jokowi

On what’s lost when the Dutch East Indies is recalled as a time of picturesque sophistication

Caught in the middle of a new politicisation of Japan’s migration program

Failing to learn the lessons from failures abroad

On the rise of banker and investor technocrats in Indonesia

An ethnography of rural electrification in Laos

Enshrining spiritual, political and economic powers in Southern Laos

On “Memory Complex”, a new exhibition in Bangkok

Social media offers an ersatz form of accountability

Southeast Asian studies has lost one of its most compelling voices

The destruction of centuries past should focus the region on preparing for Indonesia’s next mega-eruption.